| Innovation in business is not a new concept. In fact, | | | | most people. |
| this is something that has been discussed openly for | | | | Ideas are important, but simply thinking of great |
| more than a hundred years. An example is the work | | | | ideas will never be enough. Instead, it is the |
| of George Hormel, who in 1891 built a meat | | | | implementation of these ideas that separates leaders |
| processing plant outside of his small town in | | | | in business from those who will simply follow what is |
| Minnesota. No one had heard of ham in a can, and | | | | already being accomplished. An idea is a creative |
| this eventually became Spam, a canned meat product | | | | thought, whereas innovation as a business concept |
| that achieved an eighteen percent share during its | | | | goes past creative ideas and thinking and moves fully |
| first year on the market. Hormel believed in | | | | into creating tangible goods and services that will |
| developing distinctive products instead of imitating big | | | | improve the global marketplace. An innovator's mind |
| competitors. | | | | never sleeps as they continue on their path to serve |
| Innovation is an ongoing mindset that allows you to | | | | people and solve problems, adding value to the lives |
| look at the world different, focusing on what could | | | | and experiences of their fellow man. |
| be instead of simply what is. The big idea behind this | | | | Being willing to fail, giving up traditional style thinking, |
| is that everyone has great potential, and it is the | | | | pursuing curiosity and imagination, and stepping |
| innovators that explore every possible situation to | | | | outside of your comfort zone are all a part of the |
| make sure the outcome of that situation has been | | | | process involved in business innovation. |
| allowed to develop in a way that will benefit the | | | | |